CNN: Poll: Potential problems for possible 2012 GOP candidates
A new national poll indicates that more than seven out in 10 Republicans say they would seriously consider voting for Mike Huckabee for president in the next race for the White House, giving the former Arkansas governor more potential support than Sarah Palin, Mitt Romney, or any other Republican tested.

CNN: Palin book tour takes unconventional path
Those living in the country's biggest cities who hope to catch a glimpse of Sarah Palin while she is on her much-anticipated book tour may be disappointed: the former Alaska governor will instead hit a string of mid-size cities, many of which voted for her and John McCain last November.

CNN: Club for Growth takes aim at Crist
Fresh off its considerable impact in New York's special congressional race, the Club for Growth is wading into the Republican Senate primary in Florida with a new ad criticizing Gov. Charlie Crist's initial support of President Obama's stimulus package.

CNN: Crist says he never backed stimulus measure
Florida Gov. Charlie Crist tells CNN he never endorsed President Obama's $787 billion stimulus measure, in what appears to be the latest effort by the Florida Republican to distance himself from the president as he seeks his party's Senate nomination.

Washington Post: Suspect, devout Muslim from Va., wanted Army discharge, aunt said
He prayed every day at the Muslim Community Center in Silver Spring, a devout Muslim who, despite asking to be discharged from the U.S. Army, was on the eve of his first deployment to war. Yesterday, authorities said Maj. Nidal M. Hasan, a 39-year-old Arlington-born psychiatrist, shot and killed at least 12 people at Fort Hood, Tex.

New York Times: Suspect Was ‘Mortified’ About Deployment to War
Born and reared in Virginia, the son of immigrant parents from a small Palestinian town near Jerusalem, he joined the Army right out of high school, against his parents’ wishes. The Army, in turn, put him through college and then medical school, where he trained to be a psychiatrist.

Washington Post: Honor rules, CDC urges vendors of H1N1 vaccine
As the public clamors for the still-scarce H1N1 pandemic flu vaccine, a top federal health official on Thursday urged state and local health departments to be on the lookout for the possible diversion of the vaccine to people who don't yet qualify for it.

Wall Street Journal: Mother Mourns a Loss Long Feared
When her daughter didn't return home last November, Barbara Carmichael was sad but not surprised. Tonia Carmichael frequently left home for days at a time on drug binges that took her into the darkest corners of East Cleveland.

CNN: Neda's mother: She was 'like an angel'
The night before she was killed on the streets of Tehran, the woman the world would come to know simply as Neda had a dream. "There was a war going on," she told her mom the next morning, "and I was in the front."

CNN: Tunnel scam targets dirt-poor Palestinians
Poverty-stricken Gaza, where even the most basic goods are in short supply, has spawned its very own financial scandal - centered on the tunnels that run under the border with Egypt to circumvent the Israeli blockade.

CNNMoney: Businesses get a break in unemployment bill
The unemployment insurance bill on the way to President Obama's desk won't just help the jobless and the homebuyer. It also includes a long-awaited break for businesses that will let them quickly turn their recent losses into cold cash.

CNNMoney: Shocked into supporting health reform?
By now you’re probably accustomed to your health care costs climbing each year. But brace yourself: 2010 is shaping up to be a doozie — a year that could shake up your opinion about how attractive the current employer-provided health care system really is..